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  1. Re:What'd they sell? on Google Is Poised To Open Its First Permanent Retail Store (adage.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    internet search results, carefully printed on glossy paper and binded in a luxury edition.

  2. Obligatory xkcd quote: on Blockchain Hype May Have Peaked, But IBM is Still a Believer (qz.com) · · Score: 1
  3. I met many prominent scientists in my life... on AI Can Now Help Write Wikipedia Pages For Overlooked Scientists (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and they are probably very happy of not having a wikipedia page. They are better known in their field thanks to the work they did, the students they taught, and the papers they published on international journals. Si monumentum requiris, circumspice

  4. What an idiot... on Do Businesses Really Need to Hire CS Majors? (cio.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    throwing away the importance of modern math and CS theories is suicidal. Never had to do with problems due to rounding errors, for example ? Try fixing them without somebody with skills in CS and math! The author of TFA is probably somebody involved with the development of web interfaces, and we just appreciated the results of many years of progress in web development.

  5. ...years ago I ordered an Iphone from a chinese reseller, and in the box there was just the earphone.

  6. For best simulations we recommend... on Software Can Model How a Wildfire Will Spread (economist.com) · · Score: -1

    ...running our software on a Samsung tablet. This will add an incredible level of reality to the simulation!

  7. And pushing a button... on Samsung's Tab S4 Is Both An Android Tablet and a Desktop Computer (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...the whole unit turns into a cigarette/BBQ lighter!

  8. Before terraforming Mars... on Terraforming Might Not Work on Mars, New Research Says (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    ...we should take care to start a planetary magnetic field. Without it, every attempt to colonize Mars is doomed to failure. Radiations will hit the martian soil, damaging living beings, and disturbing the chemistry of the atmosphere in a very unpredictable way. In general, planets with no tectonics activities (i.e. volcanoes, quakes, etc.) are not suited for hosting life on the long run.

  9. ...the ICBM will become reusable ?!?

  10. Re:Still Smart? on Bugs In Samsung IoT Hub Leave Smart Home Open To Attack (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    About being "smart"... here in our country highways are pestered with Smart(TM) cars, usually driven badly. We usually say that "smart" refers to the box, not to what is inside. Probably the same holds for smart homes...

  11. AI: 87% success
    Chinese doctors: 66% success
    Flip of a coin: 50% success

    Chinese doctors are a bit closer to the coin flipping rather than to AI performance. Maybe that, rather praising AI, we should instead blame the professional capacities of the doctors. Furthermore, consider that since diagnosis is mostly based on images, AI can (and probably does) perform some basic image processing that can greatly enhance the detection of subtle features. To my experience doctors usually work with raw images (and usually are trained to do so). Teaching them to use some basic image processing on Xray images could enhance their skills at little cost.

  12. long haul navigations services worked from the very beginning thanks to shortwave radio services.

  13. My neighbour installed a few of them...

  14. Strictly speaking, London Tube sells suborbital flight (with orbital height just below 6,371 km) since 1863. They have a reasonable fare policy, if you are interested.

  15. He has been lucky... on The Man Who Was Fired By a Machine (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ...if he worked for Elon Musk, being fired by a machine could be a very painful thing.

  16. Modify this! on Personal Flying Machine Contest Gets 600 Entries (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Doing some modifications to this device could be a funny way to join the challenge...

  17. ...Office will be rewritten in FORTRAN, but they did not want to trigger panic.

  18. We're really excited to work with the Mayor and the City to bring this new high-speed public transportation system to Chicago!'

    How can they be excited, since they work in a Boring company ?!?

  19. ...and it is powered by electric mains, no need to use steam to spin the hard disk, thank you!

  20. Re:Repeat Post on The Internet Is Finally Going To Be Bigger Than TV Worldwide (qz.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fact that internet is now being watched more than TV is just because TV is boring. Repeating posts on slashdot is just a way to make internet more boring, and to get even with TV.

  21. Easy solution... on The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    ...just hire people named like Major Major Major Major.

  22. Natalie Portman will not be amused... on Copyright Law Could Put End To Net Memes (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Stopping memes will decrease her popolarity (apart maybe in Soviet Russia), and cause a collapse of the hot grits sales.

  23. Flee at once, all is discovered! on Shady ICO Issuers Are Taking 'Bags of Cash' To Border, US Says (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Send this as an anonymous letter to each company raising money, and see what then happens ...

  24. ...instead of stealing just the data, hackers will steal the whole data center ?

  25. Most viewed TV shows in the world scored about 1 billion of viewers, i.e. 100 times more than this. Furthermore, none of them could be traced through an IP address.